Suicide Prevention as a Core Responsibility

• By: Sarah A. Bernes, MPH, LMSW The Institute for Family Health
• July 1st, 2017
• behavioral health care, clinical intervention, healthcare systems, patient safety, quality improvement, risk assessment, suicide prevention, Zero Suicide framework
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Every year more than 40,000 Americans die from suicide and suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States (CDC, 2016). Over eighty percent of people who die from suicide have contact with health and behavioral health care providers in the year prior to their death and almost half...